[156029] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Blocking MX query
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Tue Sep 4 15:28:00 2012
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 15:26:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAP-guGW3s+ZpNJMjxuzKQndGoVLf8vzF+x-cPZDnJOVoOWohGw@mail.gmail.com>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Herrin" <bill@herrin.us>
> > SMTP Auth to *arbitrary remote domains' MX servers*? Am I missing
> > something, or are you?
>
> You are. You should be doing SMTP Auth to *your* email server on which
> you have an authorized account and then letting it relay your messages
> to the world.
Ah; so then the End-To-End Principle is *not* The Prime Directive.
Good; thanks. Can we stop flogging people with it who like DNAT, then?
Cheers
-- jra
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